Record: 8-4, .667 W-L% (33rd of 137)
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Fambrough (8-4)
PS/G: 15.7 (103rd of 137) ▪ PA/G: 16.2 (43rd of 137)
SRS: 6.58 (38th of 137) ▪ SOS: 4.99 (46th of 137)
Bowl Game: Lost Hall of Fame Classic 10-0 versus Mississippi State
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Frank Seurer | 89 | 176 | 50.6 | 1199 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 4 | 11 | 102.8 |
| 2 | Steve Smith | 10 | 27 | 37.0 | 94 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 |
| 3 | Garfield Taylor | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 68 | 22.7 | 36.0 | 2 | 0 | 477.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Garfield Taylor | 167 | 728 | 4.4 | 5 | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 1 | 181 | 834 | 4.6 | 6 |
| 2 | Walter Mack | 83 | 303 | 3.7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 85 | 317 | 3.7 | 1 |
| 3 | Frank Seurer | 82 | -69 | -0.8 | 2 | 82 | -69 | -0.8 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | E.J. Jones | 61 | 198 | 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 64 | 225 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 5 | Kerwin Bell | 55 | 212 | 3.9 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 57 | 225 | 3.9 | 1 |
| 6 | Dino Bell | 35 | 133 | 3.8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 36 | 141 | 3.9 | 1 |
| 7 | Steve Smith | 30 | 4 | 0.1 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 0.1 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Brad Butts | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 9 | Harvey Fields | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Wayne Capers | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 36 | 629 | 17.5 | 4 | 41 | 631 | 15.4 | 4 |
| 11 | Mike Frederick | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Bob Johnson | 4 | 13 | 207 | 15.9 | 1 | 13 | 211 | 16.2 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Russ Bastin | 16 | 221 | 13.8 | 0 | 16 | 221 | 13.8 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Jeff Schleicher | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 0 | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Jim Boushka | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||